By LeAnn R. Ralph
MENOMONIE — The Dunn County Board has approved a rezone from General Commercial to Residential 2 for the 62-acre proposed Idella Ridge subdivision in the Town of Menomonie.
The Menomonie Town Board and the Planning, Resources and Development Committee have approved the rezone and are recommending county board approval, said Tom Quinn, county board supervisor from Downing and chair of the PR&D committee, at the Dunn County Board’s May 18 meeting.
The PR&D committee approved the preliminary plat for the proposed subdivision at a meeting on February 22 and held a public hearing on the proposed rezone from General Commercial to Residential 2 on April 12.
The property, owned by Robert Rosendahl, is located west of 629th Street and about one quarter of a mile north of U.S. Highway 12. County Highway BB is located along the northern boundary.
Under General Commercial zoning, single family houses or duplexes cannot be owner-occupied and would have to be rental units.
All together, 26 lots will be developed as residential. Lots 27, 28 and 29 have state approval for small warehouses, and an outlot will be a 15-acre park area that will include the retention ponds for stormwater run-off.
The 15-acre park area is intended to be a buffer between the warehouses and the residential development.
The land is currently used for general agriculture, and Dunn County’s current land use plan designates the property for general commercial and agricultural use, said Ann Wodarczyk, county zoning administrator, at the public hearing held April 12.
The Town of Menomonie’s updated land use plan, however, designates the property as General Commercial and Residential 2, she said, noting that Dunn County is working on updating the county’s land use map.
The Town of Menomonie Plan Commission and the Menomonie Town Board have both approved the rezone request, Wodarczyk said at the public hearing.
According to the preliminary plat, the lot sizes are all more than one acre with several lots being nearly three acres.
At the February 22 PR&D committee meeting, Rosendahl said he was in the process of “costing out” twin homes and duplexes and had not yet made a decision on whether to ask for a rezone to Residential 2.
The Dunn County Board unanimously approved the request for a rezone from General Commercial to Residential 2 for the Idella Ridge property in the Town of Menomonie.
